Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-02-26
LEONE LOCAL CHAT.

subjects came home out-of-pocke
with reference to the above name,
commodities SO popular in the lant
over which the bird of freedom flap
his wings; but covered from head tt
foot with the consciousness of havin,
had "a good time" They are sus
pected of having began the hilarit,
business before they sieve I'd, [wit
ness the Excursion Bills. TIL,
" COMMITTEE heather spaired' commas
capitals or any of the other vagaries
to be had at a Job" Intelligence
Office, where weekly notices and puff:
can always be had for the asking or
the Bible plan, without money and
without price," Advice is so cheap
that it retails around about at an
enormous discount, and drug on the
market at that; so / never feel very
bad over the fact that my offerings in
that line are not especially sought
after, but for the sake of the reputa.
ton of the Press If it is only a
" Job !" one] and the intelligence of
the people in the borough, I would
again respectfully suggest that Messrs.
Bartlett, Gerhardt and Burdette add
to their Circulating Libraries those
standard authors, Webster and Wor-
cester.
The Fire Company took with them
a very handsome Silver Pitcher and
Thermometer to present to the Hose
Company. The City Band furnished
the music, and l understand had a
reception rendered them at Wilson
College in the evening. The only in
dications left in town of their being
any ed here was a few-and-far-be-
tween display of bunting.
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This is not the only town where
in dogology, reputation
and character puzzle the brilliant
legal mind. The "Star and Senti-
mel" Gettysburg, Penn.,] says: GA
dog case was tried before Squire Cook
and the Justice decided, correctly,
we have no doubt, that the owner of
the dog had no cause of action for
his murder. But if the learned coun-
sci in the case have any doubts
whether dog is domestic or a wild
under the laws of Penn, we
suggest the passage of this bill, SINH
lar to one recently passed in Maine.
Sec. L. 1.-THE dog is hereby declared
to be domestic animal" I'd. "This
act shall take effect when approved"
This has no entail of legal verbiage
or antiquities, though it is hardly
necessary to authorize any legislature
to dub the dog domestic animal, his
that way are stronger
than those of his human companions.
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Have we a feminine knights of
Labor Society? No. What's this
then about housemaIds striking
against the old established rules of
the weak milkrnen, refusing to walk
in the milky-way and insisting upon
the vendors bringing it up to the
door? 1 always knew there would
be cause for alarm if the women were
once initiated into this league. No
wonder the Masons and other socie-
Ties set their feet down with a thus
far OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Somebody says our genial friend
Pat. Cunningham, is skirmishing
around the henedictine element, and
that Frank Williams is breathing in
the same atmosphere. That's right.
help the poor clergy these hard times,
and set good example to the wido-
wers" the editor of the Statesman
talks about.
Miss Cora Stuckey, THE HERALD's
handsome and bright correspondent
from Bunker Hill, has been visiting
friends in this city, and adding still
more of them to her list. The Lee
town correspondent had better be
looking after his interests.
Every once in while misfortune
O man into the wrong pro-
cession. A tramp came to my neigh
boris door and raped. When she
opened 1t he astonished her with this
Madam, 1 am in
straitened financial circumstances,
would you be kind enough to give me
some food" / ana glad to be able to
say that he got it.
The Mechanics Band Fair closes to-
night after very successful term
The results of the voting will be bet
ter defined than they have been in
the Senatorial contest.
Hon. G. NJ. Bowers is no "Old
Stager," but his healthy ability as a
new one is far beyond the run of
modern Legislators.
/ have been frequently requested
to republish a poem of few years
ago. / am always glad to accommo-
date those whose kindly requests
carry with them such feelings of APP
probation and friendship as / find in
these requests, and am pleased that
any dreamy thought should find an
echo from among the probabilities OF
life in which most of US are strug-
Cling, if not entirely submerged. And
yet it is these that bring us to the old
question "What is Truth ?" If our
+" Ideals " do not come nearer it than
our reals often bring us, then are we
indeed beset with blindness.